Good read. We can’t all go an 8mile hike with our legislators but if we could, I imagine it would bring more humanity and uniting then just 15 minute speed dating style meetings. We have a lot more in common than we realize.
I think it reads as at least a partial rejoinder to Mr. Murdock's take on cause of this "Rural-Urban divide" we give so much attention Oregon these days. As Ward suggests, talking up the "Rural-Urban divide" proscribes as much as it reflects the reality and it often colors over both commonalities and important differences.
Great point. Thanks for flagging this post. We've been lucky to share several of Ward's thoughts. It's hard to find the right line between acknowledging the divide and allowing the idea of a divide to thwart efforts to forge common ground!
Good read. We can’t all go an 8mile hike with our legislators but if we could, I imagine it would bring more humanity and uniting then just 15 minute speed dating style meetings. We have a lot more in common than we realize.
Especially if that hike was up Dog Mountain. Thanks for reading and writing in, Nicole!
😅 Well maybe not 8 miles.
This piece reminded me of this recent article by Eric K. Ward:
https://www.oregonhumanities.org/rll/magazine/union-spring-2020/the-struggles-that-unite-us/
I think it reads as at least a partial rejoinder to Mr. Murdock's take on cause of this "Rural-Urban divide" we give so much attention Oregon these days. As Ward suggests, talking up the "Rural-Urban divide" proscribes as much as it reflects the reality and it often colors over both commonalities and important differences.
Great point. Thanks for flagging this post. We've been lucky to share several of Ward's thoughts. It's hard to find the right line between acknowledging the divide and allowing the idea of a divide to thwart efforts to forge common ground!